So I've been researching all damn week over these effin cameras and am stuck between the Contour 1080HD or the GoPro Hero HD. The GoPro in my opinion gives a way getter image in just that it has a wider angle lens, and the colors appear to be much more vivid.... However, the Contour looks a lot more pleasing aesthetically plus it has lasers to line up the image and all that fancy shit... I was just looking for some insight.

If the video is good who cares how you look. you'll be happy you got great vids to remember when you look back years from now... I am thinking about getting the go pro, not even considering the rest. I dont see myself having it on my helmet to often.. mayb on a ski pole and doing follow shots with my buddies.. each run mayb someone else hold the cam. should be cool

gopro over contour why?
gopro does still shots, bursts and time lapse still shots, contour does not. the gopro hero is 170 wide angle (extreme wide angle) vs contour which is 130 degree wide angle. the gopro has a mega series of mounting options it either comes with or u can buy online.. i'll be mostly point and shooting with it but all the different mountings will be killer for sledding..

i'm anxious to try it out when the snow flies..
another reason i went gopro is that i have 5 friends with the contour. i wanted to mix it up and have a little wider angle to mix in our edits..

after all that... i say contour! hahaha. mostly because they are local to me and i know some of the design and sales crew

HERO 960 - the cheaper version (still shoots at 960HD just not 1080) since we already have several contourHD's in our crew plus a few CANON HD camcorders.
mostly got it to point and shoot for close up kickers and chase cam

HERO 960 - the cheaper version (still shoots at 960HD just not 1080) since we already have several contourHD's in our crew plus a few CANON HD camcorders.
mostly got it to point and shoot for close up kickers and chase cam

I don't really got no crew ATM but I'm kinda just looking for something for shooting all around road trips and such which is why the go pro appealed to me withhold all the mounts and such. Also wanted something to record my whistler trip and kinda liked the ability to shoot high angle from the helmet with the go pro. The only thing I'm really not on board with is the aesthetics.